Gangster_Disciples

GANGSTER DISCIPLES

The Gangster Disciple Nation was founded by David Barksdale and Larry Hoover on the South-side of Chicago, Illinois in 1968. The extremely ruthless gang’s original name was the Black Gangster Disciples but splintered off into two rival factions in 1974 after renegade members decided to drop the ‘Black’ and call the new branch Gangster Disciples. Both the Gangster Disciples and the original Black Gangster Disciples became bitter rivals in 1982 causing one of the deadliest gang wars in Chicago history.

GANGSTER DISCIPLES CHAIN OF COMMAND
The Gangster Disciples is a highly organized street and prison gang that operates under a paramilitary structure comprising of Boards of Directors, Governors, Regents, Coordinators and foot soldiers.

GANGSTER DISCIPLE NATION PRISON GANG
In 1986, leaders of several GD’s sets decided to organize a unity structure inside the prison system after its chief rival, the Latin Kings began recruiting new members inside American prisons. The gang spread rapidly through out state and federal prisons in eastern, southern and central parts of the United States. Traditional prison gangs such as the Mexican Mafia, Black Guerrilla Family and Aryan Brotherhood respect the GD and recognize it as an active organized criminal enterprise.

GANGSTER DISCIPLE AND ORGANIZED CRIME
The Gangster Disciple operates high intensity drug trafficking rings and network with Texas borderland drug gangs such as the Barrio Azteca and Mexikanemi. The GD’s have hundreds of members in the U.S. military and those stationed in Fort Bliss have obtained easy access to whole sale drugs sold in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

GANGSTER DISCIPLE CHRONOLOGIES OF EVENTS
In 1968, the Gangster Disciple Nation was founded by David Barksdale and Larry Hoover on the South-side of Chicago, Illinois. Gang Intelligence 101)

On September 15, 1997, Gangster Disciple members brutally murder fellow member Marshall “Pokey” Shipp in Memphis, Tennessee after he stated he did not want to be a part of the gang. (State v. Becton & Sykes (Tenn. Crim. App., 2002)

On October 29, 1997, Gangster Disciple members shoot and kill Latin King member Jermaine Lambert in Aurora, Illinois. (The People of the State of IL. v. Amaya, 748 N.E.2d 1251 (Ill.App. 2 Dist., 2001)